Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Fort Sill, OK, 53777-53778 [2014-21489]
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Determinations Made by the Arizona
State Museum
Officials of ASM have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 2,079 cultural items described above
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony and
are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator,
P.O. Box 210026, Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626–
2950, by October 10, 2014. After that
date, if no additional claimants have
come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Ak
Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the Salt
River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Ak Chin
Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: August 1, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014–21471 Filed 9–9–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–16304;
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of Defense,
Army, Fort Sill National Historic
Landmark and Museum, Fort Sill, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Fort Sill National
Historic Landmark and Museum, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items to the lineal descendants,
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark
and Museum at the address in this
notice by October 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Scott A. Neel, Director,
Fort Sill National Historic Landmark
and Museum, U.S. Army Fires Center of
Excellence, Fort Sill, OK 73503,
telephone (580) 442–6570, email
scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In 1966, 29 cultural items were
removed from the gravesite of Spotted
Wolf who was interred near Canton, OK.
The remains of Spotted Wolf were
exhumed and moved to Chief’s Knoll at
the Fort Sill Post Cemetery, but the
cultural items were not reinterred with
the human remains. It is unknown when
the cultural items were given to the Fort
Sill National Historic Landmark and
Museum. Spotted Wolf died in 1897,
and is identified as Southern Arapaho
on his gravestone at the Fort Sill Post
Cemetery and as Arapaho in Fort Sill
records. The 29 unassociated funerary
objects are 12 pieces of red ochre, 2
rings, 1 metal cane handle, 1 belt
buckle, 1 box, 9 metal disks, 1 metal
button, 1 ceramic dog figurine, and 1
ceramic figurine.
Determinations Made by the Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum
Officials of the Fort Sill National
Historic Landmark and Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 29 cultural items described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Dr. Scott A. Neel, Director, Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and
Museum, U.S. Army Fires Center of
Excellence, Fort Sill, OK 73503,
telephone (580) 442–6570, email
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scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil, by October
10, 2014. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma)
may proceed.
The Fort Sill National Historic
Landmark and Museum is responsible
for notifying the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma)
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 17, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014–21489 Filed 9–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–16417;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Arizona State Museum,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the Arizona
State Museum. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Arizona State Museum at the
address in this notice by October 10,
2014.
ADDRESSES: John McClelland, NAGPRA
Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626–
2950.
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SUMMARY:
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Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of Arizona State
Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
In 1976–1978, 68 cultural items were
removed from the Hardy Site, AZ
BB:9:14(ASM), in Pima County, AZ. The
legally authorized excavations were
conducted by the University of Arizona
and Arizona State Museum (ASM)
under the direction of Linda Gregonis
and Karl Reinhard as part of a field
school. At the end of excavations, the
archeological collections were brought
to ASM and assigned an accession
number. The 68 unassociated funerary
objects are 1 ceramic bowl, 1 ceramic
jar, 58 ceramic sherds, 1chipped stone
fragment, 1 chipped stone knife, 1 shell
artifact, 1 shell artifact fragment, 1 shell
bracelet fragment, 1 shell disk, and 2
stone projectile points. The Hardy Site
is a multi-component site with
occupations in the historical period
associated with Fort Lowell, as well as
prehistoric components from the Early
Ceramic and Hohokam cultural periods.
Based on ceramic typologies, the
cultural items likely date to a major
occupation during the Canada del Oro
phase of the Hohokam Colonial Period
(A.D. 750–900).
In 1931–1940, 29 cultural items were
removed from University Indian Ruin,
AZ BB:9:33 (ASM), in Pima County, AZ.
Legally authorized excavations in the
years 1931 to 1939 were conducted by
the University of Arizona and ASM
under the direction Byron Cummings
and Emil Haury. In a separate project in
1940, legally authorized excavations
were conducted by the Civilian
Conservation Corps under the direction
of Julian D. Hayden. At the end of each
excavation, the archeological collections
were brought to ASM and assigned
accession numbers. The 29 unassociated
funerary objects are 2 bone artifacts, 2
bone awls, 2 ceramic bowls, 3 ceramic
bowl fragments, 1 ceramic disk, 5
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ceramic jars, 3 ceramic jar fragments, 5
crystals, 4 stones, 1 stone artifact, and
1 stone pendant. The University Indian
Ruin site consists of surface remains,
sub-surface dwellings, a platform
mound, possible smaller mounds, and
adobe room blocks. Temporally
diagnostic ceramics recovered from the
site indicate that it was occupied during
the Tanque Verde and Tucson phases of
the Hohokam Classic period (A.D. 1100–
1450).
In 1968–1969, 169 cultural items were
removed from Whiptail Ruin,
BB:10:3(ASM), in Pima County, AZ. The
legally authorized excavations were
conducted by the Arizona
Archaeological and Historical Society,
the University of Arizona, and Pima
Community College under the direction
of Linda Gregonis, Gayle Hartmann, and
Sharon Urban. At the end of
excavations, the archeological
collections were brought to ASM and
assigned accession numbers. The 169
unassociated funerary objects are 127
ceramic sherds and 42 chipped stones.
Whiptail Ruin is a multi-component
village site with Late Archaic (1500
B.C.–A.D. 200), Hohokam (A.D. 500–
1300), and historical components (A.D.
1800–1950). The cultural items come
from Hohokam period features that date
to the Hohokam Classic period from
A.D. 1200–1300.
In 1982–1983, 2 cultural items were
removed from the Rincon Community at
Valencia Site, AZ BB:13:74(ASM), in
Pima County, AZ. The legally
authorized excavations were conducted
by Complete Archaeological Services
Associates under the direction of Bruce
A. Bradley for the City of Tucson. At the
end of the excavations, the archeological
collections were brought to ASM and
assigned an accession number. The 2
unassociated funerary objects are 1
ceramic pendant and 1 ceramic vessel.
The Rincon Community at Valencia Site
is a multicomponent site with several
Late Archaic and Hohokam pithouses.
Based on ceramic typologies, the
cultural items date to the Hohokam
Classic Period during the Tanque Verde
phase (A.D. 1150–1300).
In 1927, 2 cultural items were
removed from the Tanque Verde Ruin
site, AZ BB:14:1(ASM), in Pima County,
AZ. The legally authorized excavations
were conducted by the University of
Arizona under the direction of Edward
John Hands. At the end of the
excavations, the archeological
collections were brought ASM and
assigned an accession number. The 2
unassociated funerary objects are 1
ceramic jar and 1 stone pendant. Tanque
Verde Ruin was a Hohokam pit house
village on a flat-topped ridge and is
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16304; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
Defense, Army, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Fort
Sill, OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these
cultural items should submit a written request to the Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and Museum. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Fort Sill National Historic
Landmark and Museum at the address in this notice by October 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Scott A. Neel, Director, Fort Sill National Historic
Landmark and Museum, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill,
OK 73503, telephone (580) 442-6570, email scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum that
meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C.
3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In 1966, 29 cultural items were removed from the gravesite of
Spotted Wolf who was interred near Canton, OK. The remains of Spotted
Wolf were exhumed and moved to Chief's Knoll at the Fort Sill Post
Cemetery, but the cultural items were not reinterred with the human
remains. It is unknown when the cultural items were given to the Fort
Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum. Spotted Wolf died in 1897,
and is identified as Southern Arapaho on his gravestone at the Fort
Sill Post Cemetery and as Arapaho in Fort Sill records. The 29
unassociated funerary objects are 12 pieces of red ochre, 2 rings, 1
metal cane handle, 1 belt buckle, 1 box, 9 metal disks, 1 metal button,
1 ceramic dog figurine, and 1 ceramic figurine.
Determinations Made by the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and
Museum
Officials of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum
have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 29 cultural items
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance
of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a
Native American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Dr. Scott A. Neel, Director, Fort Sill
National Historic Landmark and Museum, U.S. Army Fires Center of
Excellence, Fort Sill, OK 73503, telephone (580) 442-6570, email
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scott.a.neel2.civ@mail.mil, by October 10, 2014. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) may
proceed.
The Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum is responsible
for notifying the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 17, 2014.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-21489 Filed 9-9-14; 8:45 am]
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